Anime: Blue-Eyes Baby Dragon, picked up by the Knight King

This is a very sacred word.

God made covenants with man, more than one covenant.

As early as the creation of the world, when humans were still living in the Garden of Eden, God established the original covenant with humans, which included the responsibilities of humans in the Garden of Eden to manage the earth, use its resources, and obey a series of prohibitions.

Later, when the great flood occurred, God made a new covenant with Noah and his family, which marked the beginning of a new world and the prosperity and growth of mankind.

As time passed, the last god to establish a covenant with humanity was the Messiah, who bore the responsibility of salvation. He established a new covenant with his disciples on Mount Calvary in Jerusalem. This covenant surpassed all previous covenants and became the guarantee of believers' salvation and eternal well-being.

That is also the origin of the [Church of the Holy Land].

As a knight, Altria naturally knew about those sacred oaths - but she never imagined that one day she would become a "saint" who made a covenant with God.

Or, to be more precise, no one could have imagined that in this final age when the Age of Gods was about to end, there would still be gods who could make a covenant with humans!

"That's why I said before that it was the most unlikely time for a miracle to happen, but it did!"

The magician standing not far away marveled at the wonder of fate.

One was born in the end times and was destined to become the last monarch.

One is a god who should not have appeared in this era and has no room for development.

If these two great beings had developed independently without influencing each other, their endings would be completely predictable - they would simply be buried together with the fading Age of Gods.

But now, these two great existences are connected together.

With God's guarantee, the king's power is no longer a rootless duckweed in the tide; and with the king's support, God's majesty is no longer an illusory castle in the air. With God as his backing, the king builds an indestructible kingdom; God uses the king as a tentacle to extend his will into the secular world.

The two complement each other.

“Therefore, I establish my covenant between me and you, an everlasting covenant.”

"Altria Pendragon."

"As long as you remain the king of this country, as long as you are willing to be the king of this country, then I am willing to support your ideal country for you. I promise you that in that noble country, the end of the world will never come."

The sonorous and powerful sound fell to the ground like a mountain.

Not only Artoria, but everyone present heard the oath and felt the power contained in the oath in the next moment.

"This, this is..."

Feeling the power that suddenly surged from his body, Kai couldn't believe it and his eyes widened.

Just at that moment, he felt that his strength had more than doubled.

What happened? He suddenly became stronger?

"No, it's not."

After carefully sensing the changes in the surrounding environment, Kai has found the reason:

The concentration of [ether element] in the surrounding air suddenly increased.

The mysteries that were supposed to have been lost with the end of the Age of Gods have now all returned to this land - slowly, they have recovered to the concentration they had during the heyday of the Age of Gods.

Of course, such concentration is limited to a certain range, which is roughly this small town - because Artoria's influence is now limited to this small town.

God's promise is only effective in the king's ideal country.

“This is the importance of God.”

"The gods are the pillars that connect heaven and earth, and the surface and depth of the world. As long as a god exists in the world, these ether elements will automatically gather around them, rather than being lost to the inner world."

"Although I don't know what the long-term consequences will be...but at least in the short term, the crisis of the apocalypse has indeed been temporarily resolved."

Merlin seemed relieved.

But if you look closely at the expression on his face, you will find that he doesn't smile at all at this moment.

……

Ignore the magician's thoughts for now.

In short, under the witness of all the knights, God and the King once again made a vow to bring true peace to this island.

But, how to say it.

Compared to the shock or fanaticism in the eyes of others, the way Artoria looked at the "White Dragon God" in the sky always had a sense of...absurdity and weirdness.

Well, Merlin had actually told her that long ago. He was a god, but he appeared in the world in the form of a dragon.

But in Altria's eyes, Shirataki has always been a white dragon with a striking big head - she had eaten with that cute dragon two months ago.

Therefore, looking at the giant white dragon in front of her, whose size could be described as "covering the sky and blocking out the sun", the girl did not feel any sense of reality at all.

She always felt that this was an illusion, something that the naughty little dragon had deliberately created to fool people.

But, unfortunately.

She tried to reach out and touch the white dragon's body, but the smooth and cool white scales told her that everything that happened before her eyes was not fake, but real.

"How about I take you for a ride?"

Shirataki extended his claws and held the girl in his palm—his massive frame formed a stark contrast to the young queen's petite figure. Yet, at the same time, the onlookers instinctively believed that this was actually two equally large beasts "staring" at each other.

"it is good."

Altria nodded and sat on Shirataki's head, which was still very big after the evolution.

The next moment, the white dragon flapped its wings and took her directly to a height of ten thousand meters.

This was the first time in her life that she had been to such a high place. Looking down from the heights, she saw that Britain, which she had always imagined to be vast and boundless, had become a tiny island the size of a fingernail, hanging alone in the far west of the world, surrounded by the sea on all sides.

"so small."

She looked at the island, was silent for a long time, and finally made such an exclamation.

Compared with this vast world, that small island really seems insignificant.

But it is on this small and insignificant island that there is something that she is determined to protect with all her might.

"Let's go back."

"The people living on this island are still waiting for us to save them!"

Altria urged with a smile.

No matter what the final outcome is - at least at this moment, the girl felt from the bottom of her heart that she had really found a way to save the island.

Chapter 25: The king is more terrifying than the aliens!

Britain, Kingdom of Wales, Ector territory.

At this moment, more than a month has passed since the so-called "King Selection Day".

Witnessed by knights from across the land, the girl, born with a noble mission, finally became the king she had always dreamed of. Witnessing this miracle, the knights flocked to the king, chanting his name with sincere admiration, while diligently serving as his vanguard, building their beautiful home together... though Altria really wanted to say that.

But the truth is: compared with before, Altria's life has basically not changed.

After witnessing the miracle of the covenant between God and the Holy King, the knights did not express their loyalty to Artoria, the "Chosen King" as ordinary people expected - the vast majority of them remained silent and left the town quietly.

"Just like Brother Kai said, no one wants to be God's spokesperson, and no one wants to make a living under God's spokesperson."

For the Celts, the Picts lurking on the northern plateau and the Saxons from the southern coast were indeed a huge threat - but for the kings and nobles on the British Isles, the combined threat of these foreign races would never be greater than the threat of a "king above them."

Those foreign races just wanted to steal their food and land, but Artoria... wanted to take away their power and their lives!

What? You're saying Artoria had no intention of overriding these princes? Her original intention was to unite with them to defeat Vortigern and then rule the island together?

No, it's impossible. This will never happen again.

Even if Altria really thought so at the beginning, after Shirataki made the covenant of the "ideal country" with her, she was destined to be unable to live in peace with the other princes.

"The gift of God spreads only within the King's ideal."

From that moment on, there was only one true king recognized by the gods: Artoria Pendragon. As for those false kings who usurped the throne... they had to either surrender and become his subjects, or rise up in rebellion and be annihilated by the king. There was no third option.

"Then guess what choice the first person who comes here will make?"

"Is there any need to think about this? They will definitely rise up in resistance!"

"Then I'll bet a salmon that he will choose to surrender."

"make a deal!"

In their spare time, Shirataki and Kai made a bet.

Compared to the king who didn't even have any territory but was extremely busy... the two of them had a lot of free time and could have squandered it lavishly.

"By the way, guess what that guy Al is doing now?"

"Her? She's probably being treated like some rare treasure, with people crowding around to see her, right?"

……

Altria has been a little troubled lately.

No, it should be said that I am very distressed.

As a true king, she should start recruiting people, expanding her territory, and raising her own royal flag to conquer the world.

But unfortunately, her dream "died" at the first step.

Recruiting people? Here? In the village where she had lived for ten years? Recruiting the uncles and aunts who had watched her grow up?

"Ah, isn't this little Arthur? I haven't seen him for a few days. He has become the King of Britain?"

"How about this? Since I secretly gave you honey before, you can make me a lord too!"

"Come on, you old, boastful braggart, you think you're the boss—you can't even manage your own animals!"

"But, Arthur, I heard you have a very majestic dragon..."

The villagers gathered around.

Some were enthusiastic, some were curious, and some were daydreaming... They chatted with each other, making the ahoge on Altria's head wilt and look listless.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long.

Just when the young king was in a dilemma, a majestic voice came to her rescue:

"What are you doing here?"

"Is all the work done?"

In the hearts of these villagers, this old man was obviously much more prestigious than the young new king - they scattered like birds and beasts before Sir Ector raised his whip, leaving only a mess on the ground.

"Jazz..."

The girl looked at her adoptive father with a look full of gratitude.

The old knight tried his best to keep a stern face, wanting to teach her a lesson as before - but he failed, because he had already realized that the girl in front of him was no longer his adopted daughter, she was a true king.

A king must naturally have the majesty of a king.

"Don't be too lenient with those people. Treat them like animals. Whip them hard when the whip is due."

"Also, you'd better not recruit your first people here. They are too familiar with you, which is never a good thing. You should go to a brand new place, where you can have a fresh start."

"But you can take that brat Kai with you—even though he always has some flaws, at least he's capable and cunning enough to save you a lot of trouble."

Hector kept muttering something.

Merlin had actually said these words to Artoria a long time ago, but for some reason, although the words had similar meanings, they gave her a completely different feeling when they came out of the mouth of this old knight.

Artoria was somewhat surprised to find that this knight, who in her impression was always tough and energetic, seemed to have suddenly become much older.

"Oh, and this, too. I'll give it to you."

The old knight seemed to have thought of something and took the girl to their family's "treasure house".

——It’s called a treasure house, but there are actually only three things placed in it.

A gun, a suit of armor, and a dark blue knight's cloak.

"I can't give you the gun and armor. They're for that brat... This cloak is quite warm. You can take it."